WFMY has changed the byline on the story, now attributing it to CNN.
Here is a screenshot of the original.
WFMY has a history of very low standards of journalism, including copying works from other sources and attributing them to WFMY. You'd think that something this basic would be covered in the radio & TV classes these reporters must have taken to earn their degrees but, ultimately, it's management—the news director and the station manager—who set the bar. This kind of correction is a step in the right direction, with a little oversight and encouragement, management should be able to eradicate plagiarism completely.
This News 2.0 format they recently rolled out is driving us crazy. WFMY is an embarrassment, especially with such a pedigree.
ReplyDeleteI find the 2.0 format especially deficient for its reliance on interviews with a single "authority." Not only is that incredibly lazy, but it underscores their lack of understanding of a reporter's role which is to gather the facts and report them, not to allow a single source to make assertions that the reporter does not evaluate.
ReplyDeleteI've criticized the N&R for their common "he said/she said" reporting but WFMY has taken that to a new low with just the "she said."